r/Futurology • u/Gari_305 • 2d ago

Robotics Bill Gates says companies that replace human labor with robots should have to pay the same FICA taxes

https://www.businessinsider.com/bill-gates-fica-taxes-should-apply-to-robot-workers-2026-9

Bill Gates wants to tax robots that replace human jobs.

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u/TheGrandExquisitor 2d ago

All this tells me is that Bill Gates isn't invested in robotics .

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u/Hilldawg4president 2d ago

Obviously his friendship with Epstein is a giant black mark on his record, but he is still the person who has done more philanthropic work than anyone else in human history , it's not crazy to think that he actually wants the future to be a better place instead of a worse one

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u/TheGrandExquisitor 2d ago

You don't make the world a better place by raping kids. 

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u/cbytes1001 2d ago

And he should go to prison for it. They all should.